Seeing things : television in the age of uncertainty, John Ellis

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Television offers us multiple ways of understanding the world, yet does not arbitrate between them. This book makes sense of modern television by exploring its processes, and its relationships with the cultures that provide the raw material

Television offers us multiple ways of understanding the world, yet does not arbitrate between them. This book makes sense of modern television by exploring its processes, and its relationships with the cultures that provide the raw material

1. Introduction -- 2. Witness: A New Way of Perceiving the World -- 3. Witness Through the Twentieth Century -- 4. The First Era of Television: Scarcity -- 5. The Second Era of Television: Availability -- 6. Working Through: Television in the Age of Uncertainty -- 7. Working Through and the Videographic -- 8. Working Through and the Genres of Television -- 9. Scheduling: where Power Lies in Television -- 10. Channel 4: From Offer-Led to Demand-Led Television -- 11. The Third Era of Television: Plenty

1. Introduction -- 2. Witness: A New Way of Perceiving the World -- 3. Witness Through the Twentieth Century -- 4. The First Era of Television: Scarcity -- 5. The Second Era of Television: Availability -- 6. Working Through: Television in the Age of Uncertainty -- 7. Working Through and the Videographic -- 8. Working Through and the Genres of Television -- 9. Scheduling: where Power Lies in Television -- 10. Channel 4: From Offer-Led to Demand-Led Television -- 11. The Third Era of Television: Plenty